Spontaneous coronary artery dissection: is there a metabolic association?

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an uncommon cause of chest pain and acute myocardial infarction, occurring most classically in young women without cardiovascular risk factors. We present a case of a man presenting with chest pain and arrhythmia found to have multivessel spontaneous coronar...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Perfusion 2013-09, Vol.28 (5), p.457-458
Hauptverfasser:	Liang, JJ, Skalski, JH, Mankad, R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Arrhythmias, Cardiac - complications Arrhythmias, Cardiac - diagnosis Arrhythmias, Cardiac - drug therapy Chest Pain - complications Chest Pain - diagnosis Chest Pain - drug therapy Coronary Vessel Anomalies - complications Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnosis Coronary Vessel Anomalies - drug therapy Humans Hyperhomocysteinemia - complications Hyperhomocysteinemia - diagnosis Hyperhomocysteinemia - drug therapy Male Middle Aged Vascular Diseases - complications Vascular Diseases - congenital Vascular Diseases - diagnosis Vascular Diseases - drug therapy
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Zusammenfassung:	Spontaneous coronary artery dissection is an uncommon cause of chest pain and acute myocardial infarction, occurring most classically in young women without cardiovascular risk factors. We present a case of a man presenting with chest pain and arrhythmia found to have multivessel spontaneous coronary artery dissection and hyperhomocysteinemia and we raise the possibility of a potential link between the two conditions.
ISSN:	0267-6591 1477-111X
DOI:	10.1177/0267659113489331